Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-10

The selectmen of Westport have been petitioned by 100 women to have the saloons close at 10 o'clock at night.
 DRUM CONTEST.
 A contest between Miller of the Mattatuck Drum corps of ater6nry and Major Elmer of the City the State will take place in Hartford, Dec. %.
 MAJOR GENERAL MOWER
 Mrs Mower widow of Major General Joseph A. Mower, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Katie son, Charles t. hower,w ,who is employed in ths post office departmsnt.-N London Telegraph.
 TRIED DROWN.
 Hattie Conkling of Gildersleeve, aged thirty three, attempted to drown herself Tuesday night in the Connecticut river, She was rescued and her father and the insanity of sister have caused her to be Respondent.
 ANTHONY.
 The Norualk Record frees it's mind about Antho- ny Cemstsck and at the end advises him to become horse driver again. that is, providing his del stand on car platform behind naked horse"
 MISSING MAN.
 Robert Hibsch, of New Britain. has been missing m f0r eEns bas spce bsn sbe to fits of despondency. Fearing he might have Hill pond Thursday afternoon, but nothing was found.
 wITHDRAwS.
 The Putnam Phalanx of Hartford have with is that while the Phalanx adheres to the old times and customs the Veteran association aims to to the future with idens which it is claimed cannot be accomplished.
 BAD FALL.
 Charles varnoir, FreRchrnan seventy years of age employed in the barn the Ethan Allen es- tate at Hanover, walked into open scuttIe in the barn floor Wednesday morning, falling q distance of fifteen feet and had the ribs the right side of his body crushed in and it is feared sustained seri ous internal injuries
 NOT ENDANGERED.
 The item in one of our recent issues stating that Beaumont Haven of Elizur Beaumont. narrowly escaped being run down the ties was mistake. The young lady's friends state that she was not in any danger as reported. few days before another young lady had narrow escape under like circumstances.
 ATHLETICS.
 There will be an athletic exhibition at the Wal ngfordd d rink this evening John Allen of New Ha- The other attractions are mile skating contest Lane of Wallingford; one mile run between James Monahan of Fair Haven, Thomas Crookes and J. E. Wheatley of Wallingford and potato race. There will also be music and dancing.
 SHOT THAT MISSED
 W. Johnson entered his house on Willow street there with Maggie Devine, who lives on Willow street. It seems that Johnson is of an extremely has been leading his wife into loose habits He be- came very angry at finding them together and fired and lodged in the stairway behind her The police searched for Johnson all day.
 PAUPER BIGAMY.
 Mahala Lucas, elderly lady, is making trouble at the Waterbury selectmen's office. She has been three times married lastly to Charles Northrop of Washington, this State. This last marriage was contracted after her nuptials with one Lucas of Bethlehem Mahala had not seen or heard of Lucas for thirteen years, and supposed he was dead, so at the ripe age of seventy married Northrop. She had been an inmate of the Waterbury town house. where she resided for some time. Northrop was also supported in part by the town of Washington. For a time Waterbury escaped the support of Ma hala and Washington footed the bill of the husband in Washington and the wife in Waterbury. Recent y it discovered tbat Lucas still lives in all the vigor of his early manhood in the pious town of Bethlehem. The state of facts Kicked up big runpus. Washington wants it's money back ana Bethlehem has got to pay it and feels sad.